September 16, 2021 (45 min)

2019-2020 Young Artist Enrollment: Full Year

  • High School tests Winter 2021 or Spring 2022

  • RCM Level 10 depends on high school enrollment

LaGuardia Auditio

  1. Find requirement.

  2. When is the date?

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted

READING

  1. Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Khulau Sonatina, Bach French Suites.

    1. Set the metronome and stick with it. NO FIXING MISTAKES

THEORY

  1. Level 9

    1. Score: 81 online.

**TECHNIQUE (for Thursday)

  1. **Hanon: No. 18 and 19 - TWO OCTAVES- work up to m.m. 120 per half note.

  2. Prepare D Major and A Major (next week E Major and B Major)

    1. Play repeatedly, with only 5 seconds break in between. Do this until you feel tired for two times.

    2. Mm. 126 in C Major

    3. RH - tilt into the 5th finger to get momentum for the following passage.

REPERTOIRE:

  1. Arpeggios

  2. Ticky Ticky Fingers

BAROQUE

  1. Bach, Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856

CLASSICAL (for Thursday)

  1. Beethoven, Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 2 (L. 10, B)

    1. At least first two pages this week. Next week we learn the Recap. Following learn the development.

      1. How would you approach the octaves in system 3 when playing fast?

      2. How do we treat the upbeats?

      3. How do we end the trill in m. 64

ROMANTIC

  1. Chopin, Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    1. HOW LONG AM I PUSHING DOWN THE NOTES AFTER THE ATTACK?

    2. HOW AM I ATTACKING THE NOTES? - Less ninja hands and more balloon hands.

      1. Be especially aware of 8th notes.

      2. Slow this way down to practice it.

    3. Once you’ve practice this above for 3 practice session - focus on voicing!

    4. M.T.T. - melody, timing, texture.

      1. Timing: listening to the last two and first two notes of each group of 6 in the LH.

    1. Mm. 4-5 - ending the phrase and beginning the new one. NO accent in LH in m. 5. Also in moments like m. 16

    2. m. 24 and 35 - what kind of accent is this? what is the context?

    3. m. 46 - how do we enter and end the phrase?

    4. M. 50 - LH can come out here - why and in what way?

    5. How do we re-enter section A? M. 65

CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Prélude from Le Tombeau de Couperin M68a

Repertoire for Review

BAROQUE

  1. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

    2. Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775

    3. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

    4. Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (L. 8, A)

    5. Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (L. 8, A)

    6. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  2. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

    3. Sonata in E Major K380, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

  1. L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827)

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Movement II

      2. Movement III

    2. Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 (L. 8, B)

    3. Sonata in G Major Op 49 No. 2 (L. 8, B)

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. No. 1 in C Major

      2. No. 2

      3. No. 3

      4. No. 4

      5. No. 5

      6. No. 6

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. Movement III: Presto

  4. Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)

    1. Sonatina in C Major Op. 88 No. 1 (L. 7: B)

  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

ROMANTIC

  1. Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806-1874)

    1. The Storm Op. 109 No. 13 (L. 8, Etude)

  2. Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

    1. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

    2. Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 in B minor (L. 8, C)

    3. Chopin Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    2. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

    1. Improvisation in C-sharp minor Op. 84 No. 5 from Huit Pièces Brèves (L. 9 Etude)

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

  4. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  5. Alexander Scriabin ()

    1. Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 11 No. 22 by (L. 8, D)

  6. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65 No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

    2. Op. 65 No. 12

  7. J. S. Bach: Little Prelude in C Major, BWV 933 (L. 7)

  8. Granados, Cuentos de la juventud Op. 1 No. 9: La huerfana (L. 7)

  9. Mignon Op. 68 No. 36 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 6 List C)

  10. Diabelli, Sonatina in F Major Op. 168 No. 1, movement III (L. 6 List B)

  11. Kabalevsky, Toccatina Op. 27 No. 12 (L. 6) (1904-1987)

  12. Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8

  13. Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 7 Berceuse

  14. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor

  15. Beethoven Sonatina in F Major Anh 5 No. 2

  19. Bartok Sonatina Sz. 55: 1. Bagpipers (recital

  20. Scarlatti Sonata in C Major K 159 (recital)

  22. Clementi, Six Sonatinas Op. 36

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Kaufman Piano Competition: applications by March 1st

JUNIOR DIVISION 2: AGES 11-14
Preliminary YouTube Round: Up to 15 minutes of music,
Contestant's choice. (Needs to include at least one fast-paced work.)

Semi-Final Round: Up to 20 minutes
1. One Baroque polyphonic work
2. One virtuoso etude by Czerny, Clementi, Moszkowski, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, etc.
3. One or more pieces at the participant's discretion

Finals: Up to 25 minutes
1. A Classical sonata (or first or last movement)
2. One or more compositions from the Romantic era
3. One or more Contemporary pieces, written after 1950
One work from semi-final round may be repeated.
Works from preliminary round can be performed at the semifinal or the final rounds.

Repertoire Goals

  1. Counterpoint

    1. Bach Invention No. 8

    2. Bach Gigue from French Suite…

    3. Scarlatti Sonata K…

    4. Handel Movement from Suite…

    5. Bach Invention No…

  2. Etudes

    1. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor Op. 27 No.8

      1. Due November 8th

    2. *Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 23 Le Retour

      1. (repeated chords)

    3. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 1 Confidence

    4. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 8 Agitato

      1. Rotating balance

    5. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 10 La Vélocité

      1. 16th note Passage work

    6. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 14 Refrain du Gondolier

    7. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 18 La Fileuse

    8. Mendelssohn Op. 140

    9. Clementi…

    10. Czerny Op. 740

    11. Moszkowski Op. 72 No. 1…

  3. Sonatinas

    1. Clementi Op. 36 No. 4

      1. Performance Ready on November 8th

    2. Diabelli Op. 151 or 168

    3. Clementi Op. 36 No. 5

    4. Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8 or No. 7



    5. Kuhlau Op. 20 No. 1, Op. 55 No. 3, 4 or Op. 88 No. 4

    6. Clementi Op. 36 No. 6

  4. Contemporary / Modern - Late 19th & 20th Century

    1. Kabalevsky

    2. Prokofiev

    3. Debussy

  5. ROMANTIC

    1. Paderewski: Humoresque de Concert “Minuet”

  6. Contemporary / Modern - Post 1950

  1. Mendelssohn Op. 30 No. 6 "Venetian Boat-Song No. 2"

  2. Moszkowski, Vingt Petites Etudes Op. 91 No. 10, 11

2018-2019 Goals

  1. Jr. High applications - which schools?

  2. Kaufman Competition

    1. JUNIOR DIVISION 2: AGES 11-14
      Preliminary YouTube Round: Up to 15 minutes of music,
      Contestant's choice. (Needs to include at least one fast-paced work.)

      Semi-Final Round: Up to 20 minutes
      1. One Baroque polyphonic work
      2. One virtuoso etude by Czerny, Clementi, Moszkowski, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, etc.
      3. One or more pieces at the participant's discretion

      Finals: Up to 25 minutes
      1. A Classical sonata (or first or last movement)
      2. One or more compositions from the Romantic era
      3. One or more Contemporary pieces, written after 1950
      One work from semi-final round may be repeated.
      Works from preliminary round can be performed at the semifinal or the final rounds.

    2. All application materials must be postmarked by March 1, 2019 and submitted by mail and/or email to: